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CVE-2001-0556 (GCVE-0-2001-0556)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-07-27 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:21
VLAI?
Summary
The Nirvana Editor (NEdit) 5.1.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to overwrite other users' files via a symlink attack on (1) backup files or (2) temporary files used when nedit prints a file or portions of a file.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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